Deuteronomy 19
1 And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
Når HERREN din Gud får udryddet de Folk, hvis Land HERREN din Gud vil give dig, og du får dem drevet bort og har bosat dig i deres Byer og Huse,
2 you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you.
da skal du udtage dig tre Byer midt i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje.
3 Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.
Du skal sætte Vejen til dem i Stand og dele dit Landområde, som HERREN din Gud tildeler dig, i tre Dele, for at enhver Manddraber kan ty derhen.
4 And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
Men om de Manddrabere, der har Ret til at ty derhen for at redde Livet, gælder følgende: Når nogen af Vanvare slår sin Næste ihjel, uden at han i Forvejen har båret Nag til ham,
5 And whoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
når således en går med sin Næste ud i Skoven for at fælde Træer, og hans Hånd svinger Øksen for at fælde et Træ, og Jernet farer ud af Skaftet og rammer hans Næste, så han dør, da må han ty til en af disse Byer og redde Livet,
6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
for at ikke Blodhævneren i Ophidselse skal sætte efter Manddraberen og, fordi Vejen er for lang, indhente ham og slå ham ihjel, skønt han ikke havde fortjent Døden, eftersom. han ikke i Forvejen havde båret Nag til ham.
7 Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities.
Derfor giver jeg dig dette Bud: Tre Byer skal du udtage dig!
8 And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers;
Og dersom HERREN din Gud udvider dine Landemærker, som han tilsvor dine Fædre, og giver dig hele det Land, han lovede at give dine Fædre,
9 if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three.
fordi du omhyggeligt overholder alle disse Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig, idet du elsker HERREN din Gud og vandrer på hans Veje alle Dage, så skal du føje endnu tre Byer til disse tre,
10 So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood.
for at der ikke skal udgydes uskyldigt Blod i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje, så du pådrager dig Blodskyld.
11 But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbour, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
Men når en Mand, som bærer Nag til sin Næste, lægger sig på Lur efter ham, overfalder ham og slår ham ihjel, og han så flygter til en af disse Byer,
12 then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.
skal hans Bys Ældste sende Bud og lade ham hente hjem derfra og overgive ham i Blodhævnerens Hånd, og han skal lade sit Liv.
13 Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.
Skån ham ikke, men rens Israel for den uskyldiges Blod, at det må gå dig vel.
14 You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbour, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.
Du må ikke flytte din Næstes Markskel, som tidligere Slægter har sat, ved den Arvelod, du får tildelt i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje.
15 One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.
En enkelt kan ikke optræde som Vidne mod en Mand, når det angår Misgerning eller Synd, hvad Synd det end er, han begår; kun på to eller tre Vidners Udsagn kan en Sag afgøres.
16 And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;
Når et ondsindet Vidne optræder mod nogen og beskylder ham for Lovbrud,
17 then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
skal begge de stridende fremstille sig for HERRENs Åsyn, for de Præster og Dommere, der er til den Tid,
18 And the judges shall make diligent enquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;
og Dommerne skal undersøge Sagen grundigt, og hvis det viser sig, at Vidnet er et falsk Vidne, der har aflagt falsk Vidnesbyrd mod sin Broder,
19 then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.
så skal I gøre med ham, som han havde til Hensigt at gøre med sin Broder; du skal udrydde det onde af din Midte.
20 And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.
Når da de andre hører det, vil de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere øve en sådan Udåd i din Midte.
21 Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Du må ikke vise Skånsel: Liv for Liv, Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Hånd for Hånd, Fod for Fod!
